“Over-produced”: James Taylor’s 1968 debut was a dream come true but it came with one regretWhile he didn’t truly get his breakthrough until the early 1970s at the tender age of 22, James Taylor had already been through a number of valuable experiences that forever shaped his future career. After being thoroughly impressed with the quality of his songs, they egged him on to record the most basic demo tape to send around to record labels. Ultimately, it was this experience that set Taylor on the way to stardom, although it wasn’t all as fantastic as he may have initially hoped. “In my opinion, the first album was a little over-produced,” he claimed, although he did have to concede that the experience came with its positives. “To have been acknowledged by and green-lighted by The Beatles was for me like a dream.